indianismo
Portuguese, noun/ĩ.d͡ʒi.aˈniz.mu/
indianismo is spelled I-N-D-I-A-N-I-S-M-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indianismo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Indianism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em literatura brasileira, a idealização do indígena, por vezes retratado como herói nacional”.
What does indianismo mean in English?
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineIndianism
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. em literatura brasileira, a idealização do indígena, por vezes retratado como herói nacional 2. diz-se do costume dos índios
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of indianismo
- indianismos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indianismo?
- Brazil /ĩ.d͡ʒi.aˈniz.mu/
- Brazil /ĩ.d͡ʒjaˈniz.mu/
- /ĩ.d͡ʒi.aˈniʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indianismo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indianismo in Portuguese?
indianismo appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).